Environment

Flooded street

US President Donald Trump鈥檚 proposed cuts to vital government agencies responsible for climate research and natural disaster preparation and response mean an independent mass climate movement is more important than ever, writes聽Barry Shepphard.

Esteban Mercatante book cover and cleared land

一品探花鈥檚 Federico Fuentes spoke to聽Argentine Marxist Esteban Mercatante聽about his new book,聽Fiery red: Communist reflections on the ecological crisis.

people including children at a mine site in the DRC

Phil Hearse investigates the links between the genocide in聽the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the struggle for control over critical minerals.

Man in a hat

Two years after Peruvian revolutionary and ecosocialist Hugo Blanco鈥檚 death at 88, his daughter, Mari虂a Blanco 鈥 an activist and organiser with grassroots feminist collective G茅nero Rebelde聽鈥 sat down with Ben Radford聽to talk about her father鈥檚 life and legacy.

The major parties鈥 support for salmon farming and native forest logging means that there has聽been virtually no mainstream discussion about mitigating climate change and a just transition for workers and the environment.听Solomon Doyle reports.

Ecosocialism 2025 organisers are excited to announce that the conference will host the biggest delegation of Asia-Pacific activists to the conference since 2019. But we need your help. Fred Fuentes reports.

Wilderness Australia is calling on NSW Labor not to join the federal Australian Carbon Credit Unit scheme, and instead prioritse real emissions cuts. Isaac Nellist reports.

Turning the Ship, the new Rising Tide film about last November鈥檚 People鈥檚 Blockade of Newcastle coal port, was launched by 300 people in Gadigal Country/Sydney. Jim McIlroy reports.

Three activists from Stop Burrup Hub were given suspended sentences or community service, with the judge recognising the altruistic nature of their action in letting off stink gas at Woodside.听Colin Hughes reports.

NSW Labor鈥檚 2025-26 budge hands subsidies to developers and other private businesses but largely ignores the welfare of workers and the poor. Jim McIlroy reports.

book covers and bookshelf

Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents five recent books on water, capitalism and nature, anti-environmentalism, the Amazon and Albert Einstein鈥檚 socialism.

Ian Colvin is remembered for his activism, quiet leadership and gentle nature, and for his passion for tango, which has rubbed off on some, writes Richard Boult.听